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rheum from its nostrils, and of saliva from two 

 other holes in the bill ; the craw is prominent, and 

 when it is upon the ground it keeps its wings 

 always extended. The Count de BufTon adds, 

 that it is of the size of an Eagle, that it is an in- 

 habitant of the Alps and Pyrenees, and of the 

 mountains of Greece, and that it seems to be more 

 rare than other Vultures. The Count de Buffon 

 supposes it to be the Percnopteros of Aristotle. 

 Whether this may be the case or not I shall not 

 take upon myself to determine: it is necessary 

 however to repeat that it is not the Vultur Perc- 

 nopterus of Linnaeus. 



15ENGAL VULTURE. 



Vultur Bengalensis. V.fuscus, subtus 'pallidior, remigibus nigris, 

 capite colloque fusco-lanuginosis, torque fusco. 



Brown Vulture, paler beneath, with the head and neck covered 

 by fuscous down ; the lower part encircled by a brown ruff. 



Bengal Vulture. Lath. syn. I. p. 19. 



This I place next to the two immediately pre- 

 ceding Vultures on account of its general similarity 

 in point of shape or habit. Its length, according 

 to Mr. Latham, is two feet six inches: its colour 

 a uniform dusky brown, paler beneath : the head 

 and neck covered with dark grey down, and en- 

 circled at the bottom by a ruff of lengthened 

 plumes: eyes of a ve^ry deep brown : bill and legs 

 dusky black. The crop hangs over the breast, as 



